[ 2026:JHHC:24244] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4553 of 2026 Ranvijay Singh, aged about 72 Years, son of Fojdar Singh, resident of 43 Pithoria Road, Bukru, P.O. and P.S. Kanke, Ranchi-834006. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Salona Mittal, Advocate. : Mrs. Lavanya Gadodia Mittal, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 13.08.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Pithoria P.S. Case No. 160 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 316(2), 318(4), 319(2), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 111, 61(2) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is aged about 72 years and the main allegations are made upon Kalam Ansari and Parwej Ansari of selling their ancestral land to the informant, which has already been sold to another person earlier. He next submits that so far as this petitioner is concerned, the only allegation is made that he has been hired by said Kalam Ansari and Parwej Ansari for taking the measurement of the land. He then submits that apart from that there is no allegation against this petitioner. He also submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-30 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be provided [ 2026:JHHC:24244] -2- to the petitioner. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that allegations are there against the petitioner of taking the measurement of the land in question. On this ground, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. On perusal of the FIR, it transpires that the allegations are made against Kalam Ansari and Parwej Ansari of selling the land to the informant, which has already been sold to another person earlier and further the petitioner is aged about 72 years and only allegation is made against the petitioner of taking the measurement of the land in question on the request of said Kalam Ansari and Parwej Ansari and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-30 of the petition. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, above named. 7. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi, in connection with Pithoria P.S. Case No. 160 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-13.08.2026 Amitesh/-